Acts 16:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Κατήντησεν δὲ εἰς Δέρβην καὶ Λύστραν: καὶ, ἰδού, μαθητής τις ἦν ἐκεῖ, ὀνόματι Τιμόθεος, υἱὸς γυναικός, τινος Ἰουδαίας, πιστῆς· πατρὸς δὲ Ἕλληνος:

Transliteration

Katēntēsen de to Derbēn and Lystran: and, idou, mathētēs tis was ekei, by name Timotheos, huios of woman, a certain Ioudaias, pistēs; of father de Hellēnos:

Grammar Details

• *Katēntēsen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - arrived/came
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
• *Derbēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - [to] Derbe
• *Lystran*: accusative, feminine, singular - [to] Lystra
• *idou*: imperative used as interjection - behold/look
• *mathētēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - disciple
• *tis*: indefinite pronoun - certain/some
• *ekei*: adverb - there
• *Timotheos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Timothy
• *huios*: nominative, masculine, singular - son
• *Ioudaias*: genitive, feminine, singular - Jewish
• *pistēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - believing/faithful
• *Hellēnos*: genitive, masculine, singular - Greek

Word Meanings

• *Katēntēsen*: arrived/came to/reached
• *Ioudaias*: Jewish/Jewess
• *pistēs*: believing/faithful/trusting
• *Hellēnos*: Greek/Gentile

Referenced Verses

• Acts 14:6 : 6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
• Acts 17:14 : 14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
• Acts 18:5 : 5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ.
• Acts 19:22 : 22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season.
• Rom 16:21 : 21 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
• 1 Cor 4:17 : 17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
• 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
• 1 Tim 1:2 : 2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
• 2 Tim 1:2 : 2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 2 Tim 1:5 : 5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
• 2 Thess 1:1 : 1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
• Phil 2:19 : 19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
• Col 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
• 1 Thess 1:1 : 1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Phil 1:1 : 1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
• 1 Tim 1:18 : 18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
• Heb 13:23 : 23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
• 2 Tim 3:11 : 11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
• 2 Tim 3:15-16 : 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable{(G5624)} for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
• 1 Thess 3:6 : 6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
• 1 Cor 7:14 : 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
• 2 Cor 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
• 2 Cor 1:19 : 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
• Acts 20:4-5 : 4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. 5 These going before tarried for us at Troas.
• Acts 14:21 : 21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,
• Ezra 9:2 : 2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
• Acts 14:1 : 1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.